Eric Hughes's 1993 statement advocating privacy through cryptography, anonymous transactions, and the development of practical software.

Anonymous participant. Default identity on CT and Discord.

Slang for authentic or unapologetic. Also a pun on Coinbase's Base chain.

The view that Bitcoin is the only crypto asset that matters long term.

Community language encouraging people to build and improve crypto products, tools, and infrastructure; distinct from the BUIDL name used by a tokenized fund.

Explaining away a losing trade with a new thesis.

Platforms that tried social or creator tokens. Most failed product-market fit but informed SocialFi.

Coordinated spam or hype flooding a project's server.

The view that Ethereum settlement and culture should dominate smart-contract activity.

A crypto-community term for holding an asset, popularized by the misspelled title of a December 2013 BitcoinTalk post.

Unfounded optimism about a bag recovering.

The trap of being smart enough to overthink and still wrong. Opposite of smooth-brain ape or high-IQ quiet conviction.

Not financial advice. A disclaimer that does not remove legal or personal risk.

Whether marketplace fees to creators should be enforced on-chain or optional after OpenSea/Blur competition.

Profile-picture NFT used as an avatar and social signal.

Wrecked. Liquidated or otherwise destroyed financially on a trade.

Intentionally misspelled sir. Friendly or ironic address in crypto chats.

Self-deprecating slang for simple, high-conviction trading without complex models.

Chat rooms for calls and alpha. High noise, frequent paid shills, occasional real edge.

Advice to leave the screen after mania or loss spirals.

Live audio rooms where narratives and defense of bags happen in real time.

Optimistic community language that can become toxic denial during a drawdown.